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Shiro Suetsugu is a researcher affiliated with the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Their primary area of expertise lies within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing to a total of 103 publications in these fields.

Their research spans several subfields, including cell biology with 47 publications, molecular biology with 39, biophysics with 8, immunology and allergy with 7, and cancer research with 6. Suetsugu's work covers a range of topics, emphasizing cellular transport and secretion, cellular mechanics and interactions, lipid membrane structure and behavior, extracellular vesicles in disease, RNA interference and gene delivery, cell adhesion molecules research, as well as microRNA in disease regulation.

Suetsugu has authored several papers published in notable venues. Among the recent works are:

  • "Filopodium-derived vesicles produced by MIM enhance the migration of recipient cells," 2021, Developmental Cell
  • "Machine learning-based impedance system for real-time recognition of antibiotic-susceptible bacteria with parallel cytometry," 2022, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "The state of F-BAR domains as membrane-bound oligomeric platforms," 2021, Trends in Cell Biology
  • "Actin Filaments Couple the Protrusive Tips to the Nucleus through the I-BAR Domain Protein IRSp53 during the Migration of Cells on 1D Fibers," 2023, Advanced Science
  • "PACSIN1 is indispensable for amphisome-lysosome fusion during basal autophagy and subsets of selective autophagy," 2022, PLoS Genetics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Suetsugu include Tamako Nishimura with 18 joint works, Hooi Ting Hu with 8, Kyoko Hanawa-Suetsugu and Takehiko Inaba each with 7, and Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue with 6. These collaborations span multiple studies and contribute to the depth of research produced by Suetsugu.

Suetsugu's publications are often disseminated through several key venues with multiple entries in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) totaling 9 publications, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology and Journal of Extracellular Biology with 2 publications each, as well as Membranes with 2 and Developmental Cell with 1 publication.

Best Publications

  • The WASP-WAVE protein network: connecting the membrane to the cytoskeleton.

    Tadaomi Takenawa;Shiro Suetsugu;Shiro Suetsugu

  • WAVE, a novel WASP‐family protein involved in actin reorganization induced by Rac

    Hiroaki Miki;Shiro Suetsugu;Tadaomi Takenawa

  • IRSp53 is an essential intermediate between Rac and WAVE in the regulation of membrane ruffling

    Hiroaki Miki;Hideki Yamaguchi;Shiro Suetsugu;Tadaomi Takenawa

  • Curved EFC/F-BAR-Domain Dimers Are Joined End to End into a Filament for Membrane Invagination in Endocytosis

    Atsushi Shimada;Hideaki Niwa;Kazuya Tsujita;Shiro Suetsugu;Shiro Suetsugu

  • Coordination between the actin cytoskeleton and membrane deformation by a novel membrane tubulation domain of PCH proteins is involved in endocytosis

    Kazuya Tsujita;Shiro Suetsugu;Nobunari Sasaki;Masahiro Furutani

  • Differential Roles of WAVE1 and WAVE2 in Dorsal and Peripheral Ruffle Formation for Fibroblast Cell Migration

    Shiro Suetsugu;Daisuke Yamazaki;Shusaku Kurisu;Tadaomi Takenawa

  • Identification of Two Human WAVE/SCAR Homologues as General Actin Regulatory Molecules Which Associate with the Arp2/3 Complex☆

    Shiro Suetsugu;Hiroaki Miki;Tadaomi Takenawa

  • IRSp53: crossing the road of membrane and actin dynamics in the formation of membrane protrusions

    Giorgio Scita;Stefano Confalonieri;Pekka Lappalainen;Shiro Suetsugu

  • The essential role of profilin in the assembly of actin for microspike formation

    Shiro Suetsugu;Hiroaki Miki;Tadaomi Takenawa

  • PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 binding is necessary for WAVE2-induced formation of lamellipodia.

    Tsukasa Oikawa;Hideki Yamaguchi;Toshiki Itoh;Masayoshi Kato

  • WAVE2 is required for directed cell migration and cardiovascular development

    Daisuke Yamazaki;Shiro Suetsugu;Hiroaki Miki;Hiroaki Miki;Yuki Kataoka

  • Dynamic Shaping of Cellular Membranes by Phospholipids and Membrane-Deforming Proteins

    Shiro Suetsugu;Shusaku Kurisu;Tadaomi Takenawa

  • EFC/F‐BAR proteins and the N‐WASP–WIP complex induce membrane curvature‐dependent actin polymerization

    Kazunari Takano;Kiminori Toyooka;Shiro Suetsugu;Shiro Suetsugu

  • Optimization of WAVE2-complex-induced actin polymerization by membrane-bound IRSp53, PIP3, and Rac

    Shiro Suetsugu;Shusaku Kurisu;Tsukasa Oikawa;Daisuke Yamazaki

  • The RAC binding domain/IRSp53-MIM homology domain of IRSp53 induces RAC-dependent membrane deformation

    Shiro Suetsugu;Kazutaka Murayama;Ayako Sakamoto;Kyoko Hanawa-Suetsugu

  • Focal adhesion kinase regulation of N-WASP subcellular localization and function.

    Xiaoyang Wu;Shiro Suetsugu;Lee Ann Cooper;Tadaomi Takenawa

  • Sustained Activation of N-WASP through Phosphorylation Is Essential for Neurite Extension

    Shiro Suetsugu;Mitsuharu Hattori;Hiroaki Miki;Tohru Tezuka

  • Synaptopodin Protects Against Proteinuria by Disrupting Cdc42:IRSp53:Mena Signaling Complexes in Kidney Podocytes

    Etsuko Yanagida-Asanuma;Etsuko Yanagida-Asanuma;Katsuhiko Asanuma;Katsuhiko Asanuma;Kwanghee Kim;Mary Donnelly

  • A novel neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP) binding protein, WISH, induces Arp2/3 complex activation independent of Cdc42.

    Maiko Fukuoka;Shiro Suetsugu;Hiroaki Miki;Kiyoko Fukami

  • Subcellular membrane curvature mediated by the BAR domain superfamily proteins.

    Shiro Suetsugu;Kiminori Toyooka;Yosuke Senju

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadaomi Takenawa
Tadaomi Takenawa Kobe University
Hiroaki Miki
Hiroaki Miki Osaka University
Hideki Yamaguchi
Hideki Yamaguchi Sasaki Institute
Masaki Yamamoto
Masaki Yamamoto University of Hyogo
Mikako Shirouzu
Mikako Shirouzu RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Takaho Terada
Takaho Terada University of Tokyo
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba ShanghaiTech University
Giorgio Scita
Giorgio Scita FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology

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